Open Primaries

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

If you haven't yet read Jackie Salit's Independents See Through Washington's Magic Show, here's a link to Chicago online SWNewsHerald, and keeping up with CNN's Broken Government series, transcript of Don Lemon's panel last Sunday on TMV.... And in the area of election reform, Liz Benjamin of the NY Daily News linked Harry Kresky's Hankster piece "Bloomberg Charter Revision Commission Should Address Nonpartisan Elections", while the discussion of Prop 14 continues. Speaking of Prop 14, Richard Winger will write a guest post for The Hankster later this week delineating his position on Prop 14 and open primaries.

Challenges scramble ambitions of two candidates (By DOROTHY SCHNEIDER, Journal & Courier - Indiana) Norman Klinker of Lafayette goes back and forth between party tickets in the primary to “vote for who I think is best.” And he agrees with McCloud that the candidates should be able to run with whichever party they choose.